Chrome Extensions and Xbox One support are coming to Microsoft’s new Edge browser

Microsoft’s new Chromium-based Edge browser intends to support existing Chrome extensions, a member of the software’s development team has confirmed on Reddit (via Thurrott). The announcement will be good news for anyone who relies on the thousands of extensions in Chrome’s library which add functionality ranging from integrating password managers and project management apps, to one that simply replaces Elon Musk’s name with ‘Grimes’s Boyfriend’ whenever it appears on a webpage.

“It’s our intention to support existing Chrome extensions,” Edge Project manager Kyle Alden confirmed in response to a series of questions about how the new browser, which Microsoft confirmed it was working on last week, will work. The exact wording means that...

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